They May Be Splitting Up, but Garmin Navigation Will Still Be Exclusive to ASUS Androids

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Things between Garmin and ASUS weren’t really working out. They have announced that come January their partnership and ventures into the world of mobile together will come to an end. But ASUS is committed to continue making new Android handsets, and as part of their break-up deal with Garmin they have secured exclusive rights to [...]

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According to this quote from the Engadet article:

Garmin's official blog says that it will be expanding its mobile application handset development by offering navigation and other applications through "certain consumer application stores." According to DigiTimes, that means Apple's iTunes App Store and RIM's App World.

So it seems like Asus is the only one that can include the Garmin navigation software on its Android devices. But if I'm reading this correctly, Garmin is still free to create and update its navagation app for Android and other platforms.

Maybe, just maybe... we could see Garmin Mobile for Android available early next year perhaps?